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Looking for Activities to Teach the Eigo Noto?

Below are activities used in the EigoNoto.com lesson plans. Most require no materials or preparation! Several of the activities have video explanations in Japanese.
Take some time to look around- there's a lot more than just activities at EigoNoto.com!

Janken or Rock-Paper-Scissors

Janken 4's -No materials or preparation! -日本語のビデオ説めもある

THE warm-up activity beginning all of the EigoNoto.com lessons. Works for any language pattern- Teaches conversation skills, too! See an in-class explanation on video

Janken Conversation Rounds -No materials or preparation!

*This activity was chosen by a group of elementary teachers as the main activity for their English classes. It is the best way to teach and practice Conversation Skills. It can be used for meaning- or pattern-focus, and for all of the language structures.

Maru-Batsu (O/X) Game -No materials or preparation!

EigoNoto.com version of the classic Japanese game. Very powerful learning activity.

Hot Potato -No materials or preparation!

A small group creative substitution activity.

Get The Picture (GTP)

see an in-class explanation on video

Pair Karuta -No materials or preparation!

A very simple version of the classic game.

Interview Bingo

see an in-class explanation on video

CROSSFIRE/Linefire

Eraser/Keyword Game

Pair listening activity from the Eigo Noto text.

Ohajiki Game

Listening activity from the Eigo Noto text. A blend of Bingo & Karuta...

Sugoroku

My version of the classic game. NOW it's really communicative! With a link to download the board.

Row Practice/Row Races -No materials or preparation!

Find 3 People -No materials or preparation!

Find 3 People-Tell the Teacher -No materials or preparation!

Liar! Liar! -No materials or preparation!

Hand Sandwich -No materials or preparation!

A fun way to finish off a pair activity (with a winner & loser).

Clue Bingo

Pair Slap -No materials or preparation!

Individual Student Translation

Short notes on how to lessen the stress...

Hebi Janken

Teams compete to get to the end of the line of vocabulary cards first.

Dictionary -(can be done with) No materials or preparation!

Builds an important skill for language learners- how to say a word they don't know!

Pictionary -(can be done with) No materials or preparation!

Builds an important skill for language learners- how to draw a word they don't know!

Gestionary -(can be done with) No materials or preparation!

Builds an important skill for language learners- how to act out a word they don't know!

WYAN- Word You Aleady Know. Students already know a lot of English words- prompt them to tell you what they already know!

Listen, Repeat and Point- Turn on students' power to remember.

Repeat and Change the Pattern Speaking- No materials or preparation!

A simple activity to help students perform short speeches.

Interactive Introduction- No materials or preparation!

A simple step-by-step way to introduce new language patterns. You do the speaking, the students learn the rest as a class.

Drawing an Explanation One Line at a Time- for Grade 5 Lesson 7 What's This?

Black Box Activity Adaptation- Let's all the kids participate, not just one at a time. For Grade 5 Lesson 7

Story Telling in Rounds

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

LDK #9-Finish with a BANG!  

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This is the last in a 9-part series- Lesson Development Keys.   

When possible, finish your lessons with an exciting, uplifting or positive experience that will motivate the students to look forward to the next English class.

Having an Australian points map in the students’ English Files makes this easy (or circle points in their Eigo Noto)--let students color in the points earned in that day’s lesson.
The points are free to you--give them freely (but be careful to give high points for games of chance, like Janken, and lower points for games of skill and ability, to help motivate low-level students who won’t score well in games of skill.)

Following the rule of LDK #5, to place Free Speaking activities at the end of your lesson, is also a sure way to leave your students feeling good about the lesson (and to repeat, looking forward to the next English class). Free speaking activities tend to (or ought to!) be communicative in nature- most people, and especially the young, really like nothing more than talking to their friends (after all, isn’t that one of the primary goals of language use?!).  And a communicative activity at the end of a lesson is a great way for students to really USE what you’ve just taught them- students and teachers... everybody is engaged, interactive and feeling success!

Wrap-up for the 9 LDK’s

Using the 9 Lesson Development Keys to structure your lessons will set you up so that your lessons are meaningful and engaging for the students, help to keep their motivation high, and make lessons and activities effective and enjoyable learning experiences for you and your students. And your lessons will naturally Finish With a BANG!

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